Junior PHP Developer (Relocation to Germany)

Location: Munich, Germany

Type: full time; permanent; on-site

About the company:

Hiring company is one of Germany's largest comparison websites, offering services in areas like insurance, finance, telecommunications, and travel.

The Hiring Team specifically focuses on providing users with an easy way to compare internet and telecommunications providers, packages, and pricing. They work closely with major German ISPs to offer the latest deals, speed options, and promotions. The team's goal is to streamline the selection process, enabling customers to make informed decisions based on factors like speed, price, and contract flexibility.

Join one of the developer teams and help them to build and grow innovative applications.

You will work closely with team and department leaders to manage the demanding infrastructure and further develop it with your own ideas. Short decision-making processes, excellent resource equipment, and strong involvement in application development offer numerous opportunities for personal and professional development.

Your tasks include:

• Performance optimisation for the comparison routes
• Development of new features
• Further development and maintenance of the overall architecture, consisting of frontend, backend, databases, caches, etc. (comparison mask, comparison result, completion route, REST API)
• Optimisation and scaling of the system in a service-oriented architecture
• Expansion of automated release process (continuous integration) and quality assurance (unit testing)

Requirements:

• You are based in the European Union and open to relocate to Munich (Germany)
• Profound knowledge in PHP and MySQL
• Nice to have: knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript
• Quality awareness; you work independently and solution-orientated
• You enjoy working in a team and are communicative
• Interest in e-commerce and a pragmatic approach
• Fluent English required

Benefits:

• They will help you to progress: They offer you an extremely steep learning curve and support your development through personal coaching and individualised professional and personal training opportunities
• They value your commitment: Permanent contract with an attractive and performance-orientated salary package including an annual bonus. Germany ticket or subsidised company bike leasing, vouchers for numerous company products and a subsidised company pension scheme on top
• Modern working: Up to 46 days paid holiday. You receive 28 days' holiday and you can also choose between working from home on Fridays or up to 18 additional days' holiday. You can also adapt your working time model to your individual needs at any time
• Ownership for your topics: Independent, flexible work in small teams with a strong team spirit. Short decision-making processes and short release cycles are a matter of course for the company
• You can feel comfortable here: Free daily lunch, well-stocked drinks fridges as well as fruit, cereals and snacks. A friendly and collegial working environment. Modern office on the Donnersbergerbrücke with excellent public transport connections directly on the Munich main line
• They are also a great team besides work: Numerous events for celebrating and networking as well as summer and Christmas parties